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GEORGE It. NEBINGER. OF LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIAI. Letters Patent No.66,729, @lated July 16, 1867; anteflated July 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HINGES.

TQ ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l-

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. NEBINGER, of Lewisburg, in the countyoi`York, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon- Like letters indicating like partswherever they occur.

To enable others skilled 4in the art to construct and use the invention,I will proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in so constructing a hinge that it shall be alcosejoint hinge, and ,at the same time can be used as a righto1\.lei`t-l1and hinge at will.

I first construct the wings A and B, making them l)'ust haltl the lengththat the hinge is to he when complete, and secure them by a pin that canbe withdrawn, as shown in iig. 1, the pin being inserted in the usualmanner to forni thejoint. Thesejvings are made concave on their frontface, as shown more clearly in the end View of iig. 4. I then constructa plate, C, as shown in fig. 3, the portion of whiehis made'eonvex onits rear face to t into the concavity ofthe wings A and B, the portion cbeing as thick as both the wing and the part b, when the two latter areunited, there being a shoulder at c, as shown in iig. 3, so that whenthe plat-es c are united to the wings A and B, as in g. 4, the two partsofthe hinge will be of uniform thickness throughout their entire lengthfrom top to bottom. Holes are made in the wings, and also in the platesC, so that when thusunited, Screws will pass through hoth, and hold themfirmly in place. The pin which unites the wings has an arm, a, attachedto its upper end, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 4, which ts into a recesscnt for it in the fra-nie, as shown in fig. 4, the shoulder e, at theend of the arm a, engaging in therecess, and thus supporting the upperend of the pin, and forming in effect a. tight-joint hinge. When thewings. are arranged, as shown in fig. l., the hinge becomes a left-handone. By reversing them, as shown in fig-2, it becomes a right-handhinge. 'lo make it a. loose joint, so that the door can be removed, itis only necessary to swing or turn the arm a around, as shown in iig. 4,andthe door or blind can be lifted oil' the same as with the ordinaryloose-joint hinge. By these' means I construct a hinge that combines allthe advantages of a fast and nloose joint, and that can be used as a.right or left-hand hinge at will.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

1. A hinge, consisting of the Wings A and B, inf combination with theplates C, constructed and arranged i as shown and described.

2. The arm a attached to the pin that unites the wings, and having theshoulder c thereon, as and for the purpose set forth.

GL It. NEBINGER.

Witnesses:

W. H. SMITH, Tues. BINGHAM.

